Less is More: Untapped Role of Small Farmers in Asia

• Main Authors: Foo, Manda, Teng, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Southeast Asia and ASEAN; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; Non-Traditional Security; Global
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80567; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40705
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The world’s small farmers, numbering in billions, risk losing their livelihoods to urban growth and climate change. Despite the grave challenges they face, small farmers can make the quantum leap into productivity if good sense in business and policy prevail.